Pocket pencil and pen holder.



No. 894,448. 4 PATENTED-JULY 2a, 1908.

R. c. KRUSOHKE.

POCKET PENCIL AND PEN HOLDER.

I APELIOAT ION FILED SEPT. 24. 1906.

' INVENTEIR WITNEEIEEE: Y

i BY v l 4 W/m ATTY RUDOLPH C. KRUSCHKE, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

POCKET PENCIL AND PEN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'July 28, 1908.

Application filed September 24, 1906. Serial No. 385,871.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, RUDoLrHC. KRUSCHKE,

' a citizen of the United States, residin at Duluth, in the county ofSt. Louis and state of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pocket Pencil and Pen Holders, of which the followingisfa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pencil and pen holdin devicesadaptedto be used in securing penc' in the pockets of the users.

The especial object of the improvements which form the subject matter ofthis application is to so simplify the construction of the device thatit may be cheaply manufactured and at the same time provide means forsecurely attaching the holder to the users pocket and permit its readyremoval when desired. Having these and other objects of general utilityin view I have produced the device hereinafter described and which isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which I I I Figure 1 shows in elevation the application of my invention;Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder alone, and Fig. 3 is across-section on the line'3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, '4 represents a ortion of a garment,of which 5 indicates t e hem or upper edge of a pocket to which mypencil and pen holder is attached by the lever clasps 11, thelatter'being of well known construction and operation.

Any other style of readily detacha le clasp might be substituted forthat shown.

The holder consists of a single sheet metal of suitable thickness, anquality andhaving more or less spring or temper. This is'first cut toform a b ank from which extend a plurality of ton ues 9. This blank isthen stampedby suita 'le dies to formthe corrugations 6, 7 and 8 asclearly shown in Fig. 3, and the tongues are bent inwardly,

and-their free ends outwardly as at 10. The

iece of blank is then edges soldered or otherwise secured together, thusforming a series of vertical cylindrical pockets which are separatedfrom each .otherby the inwardly bent portions 7 and 12 which meet asshown in Fig. 3 but are not" connected together, thereby permitting moreor less expansion between the opposed sides of thedevice when pencilsorpens are pushed into 'the cylindrical pockets.

The ton ues extend toward the pockets and their ree ends frictionallyengage the pens or pencils with a tension depending upon the quality ofthe metal of which the device is made.

Having thus described'my invention what I claim, is

1. A holder of the class described, consisting of a'single piece ofmetal cut to form integral spring tongues andh'aving a series ofparallel corrugations formed therein and bent upon itself so that'saidcorrugations form pockets, cylindrical in cross section at their upperportions, and also having integrally formed tongues which project towardthe lower portions of said pockets, and means bent upon itself and. itsfree for attaching said holder to a garment, substantially as described.

2. A holder of the class described, consisting of a single piece ofmetal cut to form a back and a front, and having a series ofcorrugations formed in the said back and front, .so arranged as toregister to form a plurality of pockets, cylindrical in cross section attheir upper portions, and a part of the front cut to rovide a pluralityof depending tongues, ent to project toward said pockets below thecylindrical portions thereof and means for supporting said holder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH O. KRUSCHKE.

Witnesses: Y

WILLIAM H. LAMSON, THEO. HOLLISTER.

